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Assoc Prof Patrick Danaher

Name :	Assoc Prof Patrick Danaher
Position :	Associate Dean (Research) & Program Coordinator (Doctoral Programs)
Section :	Faculty of Education Education
Office :	G305
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1190
Extension :	1190
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEd JCU BA Qld GDipEdTert, MLitt UNE PhD CQU

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/danaher
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Professional Memberships

Queensland College of Teachers

Research Interests

Education and ethnicity
Educational research ethics and politics
Educators' work and identities
Open and distance education
Rural education
Social education
Traveller education
University learning and teaching
Vocational education and training

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Harreveld, R. E., Danaher, G. R., & Danaher, P. A. (Eds.) (2009, August). _Sea changes, tree changes and bush lessons: Post-compulsory education and rural renewal_. Theme issue of _Rural Society_, _19_(2), 87-196.
De George-Walker, L. R., & Danaher, P. A. (2009, November). Looking for ethical needles in a 62-year-old haystack, or unearthing gems in the mud? Review essay about R. Goldfarb (Ed.), _Ethics: A case study from fluency_. _International Journal of Disability, Development and Education_, _56_(4), 421-427.
De George-Walker, L. R., Hafeez-Baig, A., Gururajan, R., & Danaher, P. A. (2010). Experiences and perceptions of learner engagement in blended learning environments: The case of an Australian university. In Y. Inoue (Ed.), _Cases on online and blended learning technologies in higher education: Concepts and practices_ (pp. 23-43). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Most notable :

Coombes, P. N., Danaher, M. J. M., & Danaher, P. A. (Eds.) (2004). _Strategic uncertainties: Ethics, politics and risk in contemporary educational research_. Flaxton, Qld: Post Pressed, pp. xii + 210.
Danaher, P. A. (Ed.) (1998). _Beyond the ferris wheel: Educating Queensland show children_ _(Studies in open and distance learning number 1)_. Rockhampton, Qld: Central Queensland University Press, pp. xiv + 209. [This book received the 1999 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Award for Excellence in a Book or Non-Print Production Detailing Research.]
Danaher, P. A. (Ed.) (2000). _Mapping international diversity in researching Traveller and nomadic education_. Theme issue of the _International Journal of Educational Research_, _33_(3), 219-318.
Danaher, P. A. (2001, March). _Learning on the run: Traveller education for itinerant show children in coastal and western Queensland_. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Faculty of Education and Creative Arts, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Qld, 2 vols., pp. xxii + 409.
Danaher, P. A., Coombes, P. N., & Kiddle, C. (2007). _Teaching Traveller children: Maximising learning outcomes_. Stoke on Trent, UK and Sterling, VA: Trentham Books, pp. xxiii + 122.
Danaher, P. A., Kenny, M. D., & Remy Leder, J. (Eds.) (2009). _Traveller, nomadic and migrant education_ (_Routledge research in education vol. 24_). New York and London: Routledge, pp. xxvi + 241.
Danaher, P. A., Moriarty, B. J., & Danaher, G. R. (2009). _Mobile learning communities: Creating new educational futures_. New York: Routledge, pp. xiii + 210.
Henderson, R., & Danaher, P. A. (Eds.) (2008). _Troubling terrains: Tactics for traversing and transforming contemporary educational research_. Flaxton, Qld: Post Pressed, pp. xvi + 235.
McConachie, J., Harreveld, R. E., Luck, J. T., Nouwens, F., & Danaher, P. A. (Eds.) (2006). _Doctrina perpetua: Brokering change, promoting innovation and transforming marginalisation in university learning and teaching_. Teneriffe, Qld: Post Pressed, pp. x + 267.
McConachie, J., Singh, M. J. G., Danaher, P. A., Nouwens, F., & Danaher, G. R. (Eds.) (2008). _Changing university learning and teaching: Engaging and mobilising leadership, quality and technology_. Teneriffe, Qld: Post Pressed, pp. xvii + 395.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

EDO4675 Reearch Approaches for Contemporary Educators (course examiner) (Semesters 1 and 3)
EDR8000 Foundations of Contemporar Educational Research Methods (course examiner) (Semesters 1, 2 and 3)
EDR8001 Effective and Ethical Educational Research (course examiner) (Semesters 1, 2 and 3)
FET5602 Theories for Learning Futures (course moderator) (Semesters 1 and 3)
FET8602 Evaluating Innovative Educational Programs (course moderator) (Semesters 1 and 3)
FET8660 Masters Project I (supervisor) (Semester 1, as workload allows)
FET8661 Masters Project II (supervisor) (Semester 1, as workload allows)

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 18 years
Other : 9 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Bachelor of Education (Honours) Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator (Doctoral Programs)